Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
Police Ruined His Life - The Ryan Waller story
Thu, 06 Feb 2025
This is the story of Ryan Waller and his unfortunate police interrogation.
Chapter 1: What happened on Christmas Day at Ryan's house?
It's Christmas Day, and this guy is chilling at his house with his girlfriend. But then, they hear a knock at the door, and when the guy goes to open it, boom! Standing there is two goons, and they got pew-pews. So the guy immediately slams the door closed, but he can't shut it fast enough, and the goons force the door open.
And one of them manages to stick his arm through, and he shoots the guy right in the head. And he falls back, and then the goon aims his pew-pew, and he shoots him in the head a second time. Then, the goon goes over to the living room, and he sees the girlfriend on the couch, and he points his pew-pew at her, and he fires, and he un-alives her.
Chapter 2: Who were the victims of the home invasion?
Then, they rob the place, taking whatever they want, and they leave. Now, the guy, his name's Ryan, and the girlfriend, her name's Heather. And while Heather, unfortunately, doesn't survive being shot in the head, somehow, Ryan does. And he's lying there, and he's in pain, and there are bullet fragments in his head. And he doesn't know it yet, but he has a severe brain injury.
In fact, his injury is so severe, he kind of doesn't know what's going on. He doesn't know how to call for help. It seems like he doesn't even understand that he needs help. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, these two, Ryan's mom and Ryan's dad, they're chillin' at home wondering when Ryan and Heather are gonna show up. Because it's Christmas Day and they're late for dinner.
Chapter 3: How did Ryan's parents discover something was wrong?
And of course, they're nowhere to be found. So Ryan's dad calls him, but no answer. And then they call several more times throughout the day, but still, no answer. And once they realize that Ryan and Heather have completely ghosted them over the dinner, Ryan's parents get worried. So they go over to his house and they knock on the door, but no one answers.
So they call police to come and do a welfare check. And then four hours later, police show up. And they're knocking and they're looking through the windows and they're trying to get into the house through the back door. And then suddenly, bam, the back door opens. And it's Ryan just standing there with a busted up black eye. And he looks all confused, like he has no idea what's going on.
Chapter 4: What did the police do when they arrived at the scene?
So police, they go inside and there on the couch, they see Heather's lifeless body. Now, as we saw Ryan, he was shot in the head twice. One bullet grazed the side of his skull and the other went through his nose and the fragments went into his eye region. So his most visible injury looks like a massive black eye.
So police, they take a look at him and they think not that he needs immediate medical attention for his brain injury, but that he's the one who unalived Heather. So bam, they arrest him and they stick him in the back of a patrol car where he waits for four hours before finally they take him to the station and there they start grilling him. Like what happened at your house?
Chapter 5: Why did the police suspect Ryan?
Why did you unalive your girlfriend? And poor Ryan, he can't really tell them what happened because you know, brain damage. And like when they ask him the very basic question, where do you know Heather from? He answers and says that just doesn't make sense.
Chapter 6: How did Ryan respond during the interrogation?
She used to be in my book named Business Name.
So then they ask him, like, what happened to his face? And he's like, I don't know. And then he starts saying he thinks it was Heather who hurt him. But, like, he can't even remember her name. Like, he really is all over the place. But then he starts trying his best to explain that it was actually some goons who broke into his house. But he's still just not making sense.
They put me in a sleeping hole. And, like, they put me in a sleeping hole with the arrows and shit.
a sleeping hold yeah what is that i don't know i don't know i really don't but then finally something in him clicks and he starts talking a little more coherently and making more sense and he tells police that he had been shot and of course police don't believe him they shot you with a revolver in your eye yeah is it a bb gun no it was a real gun man they shot you in the eye with a revolver you wouldn't be talking to me right now
Not to mention, they don't seem even slightly concerned about Ryan's injury or about getting him to a hospital. They are still convinced that he's lying and that he's the one who unalived Heather. And they are going to try their best to pressure him until he admits it.
Ryan, you need to start telling me the truth. Your story doesn't make sense. I'm trying, man. I don't know. Just ask me anything and I'll tell you the truth.
And then finally, after almost an hour of Ryan trying his best to explain it to the detective, the detective takes a closer look at the wounds on his face and he realizes how badly hurt he is.
Let me see your nose. Bring your face closer.
So after being in police custody for six hours, they finally come to their senses and they rush Ryan to the hospital. And immediately, doctors see his wounds and they see that he's been shot in the face. And most importantly, they see that his wounds have an infection. An infection that actually could have been avoided if he had gotten care sooner. So they perform brain surgery on Ryan.
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